HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 37

Xeelee · #**721** Posted **Jun 15, 2007, 4:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Trae

Yes there is. A good hotet would be the Magnolia Hotel. It is just a few blocks away from Minute Maid Park.

http://www.magnoliahotelhouston.com/

$161 a night.

That is a good choice. Don't worry there are plenty of places to eat.

KevinFromTexas · #**722** Posted **Jun 15, 2007, 4:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Shasta

NICE.

I love the glass. The early renderings looked rather cheap.

It's hard to get a handle on the heights of the 3 towers, but if that last rendering is to scale, they would appear to be anywhere from 330 ft to 450 ft. considering that the 4 Leaf Towers are 500 ft.

Actually, aren't the Four Leafs Towers only 444 feet tall? The only other height I've ever seen for them is 439 feet.

If so, and I think that's right, then this new building, the central tower of that project is 500 to 550 feet tall. Checkout the Marathon Oil Tower in the background, (brown building near the center of the pic), that building is 562 feet tall. As for the other two buildings in the project, the one on the right looks to be about 400 feet tall, while the one on the left looks to be around 350 feet. Also, checkout San Felipe Plaza, (brown tower in the upper left corner). That building is 625 feet tall, the 2nd tallest outside downtown.

rdavis4559 · #**723** Posted **Jun 15, 2007, 9:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Trae

Yes there is. A good hotel would be the Magnolia Hotel. It is just a few blocks away from Minute Maid Park.

http://www.magnoliahotelhouston.com/

$161 a night.

I agree. The magnolia is great and the pool on the roof will be good since it is so hot in Houston right now. The restaurant in the Magnolia is great too but pricey compared to other places such as on Main Street.

KevinFromTexas · #**724** Posted **Jun 15, 2007, 10:14 AM**

Whoa, I didn't see this rendering.

It may actually be shorter than I said then, judging by the Marathon Oil Tower in the background. I think the tallest building here is around 400 feet tall, and the two shorter towers around 100 feet shorter.

Great_Hizzy · #**725** Posted **Jun 15, 2007, 1:52 PM**

I wouldn't make too many predictions about the three highrises' heights based on the renderings. I doubt they're to scale in relationship to the photos. Nevertheless, the new design is very nice.

Trae · #**726** Posted **Jun 15, 2007, 3:03 PM**

Same. I don't think they would be to scale, but I want them that tall. Hopefully they are at least 400 ft.

toxteth o'grady · #**727** Posted **Jun 18, 2007, 2:47 AM**

Those three towers are probably going to arrive ver-r-r-y gradually; they'd overwhelm the lease absorption otherwise.

As a matter of fact, I'm getting very suspicious that Dallas is getting overbuilt. If it's all condos that are going up just north of downtown, they're going to have Miami-type trouble before long...

Complex01 · #**728** Posted **Jun 18, 2007, 1:55 PM**

And what exactly is "Miami-type trouble"

Wow this is a neat project. Its an intresting design. Looks very nice...

KevinFromTexas · #**729** Posted **Jun 18, 2007, 2:07 PM**

Miami has a glut of residential space right now. San Diego and Washington D.C. are two others. They've over built their markets - too much, too fast.

rdavis4559 · #**730** Posted **Jun 18, 2007, 6:06 PM**

I don't have the time to go back and look right now but a guy came into this Houston thread and was talking about how Miami was projected to have a larger number of "tallest buildings" by a certain point in time... then he went on to say that although Miami would have a larger number, the city would also lack or was currently lacking the basic infrastructure and facilities to cope with the number of new buildings. Someone else may want to go back through the pages and find it but lacking basic infrastructure (if the guy was right) is clearly a sign of a building bubble.

MarkyPants2023 · #**731** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

Those three towers are probably going to arrive ver-r-r-y gradually; they'd overwhelm the lease absorption otherwise.

As a matter of fact, I'm getting very suspicious that Dallas is getting overbuilt. If it's all condos that are going up just north of downtown, they're going to have Miami-type trouble before long...

When it comes to luxury condos, you are right to be suspicious. Once they start developing cheaper ones (which is coming slowly but surely like the alta rosewood project), dallas' development will take off even farther. I say this because of the new urbanism trend and the rate of dallas' growth (500 a day)

rdavis4559 · #**732** Posted **Jun 21, 2007, 8:53 PM**

Here are some construction pics from discoverygreen.com
I need to get some shots of the residential bulding going up too...

JManc · #**733** Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 12:05 AM**

when are they supposed to start building BLVD place? i live a couple blocks west of that area and just about every except for eatzies is still there and open for business.

btw, where did eatzies go? they are supposed to go into the new developmet so they must have relocated temporarily in the meantime.

Trae · #**734** Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 1:30 AM**

Discovery Green is coming along quite nicely.

Shasta · #**735** Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 4:18 PM**

The former site of the historic Ashland Tea House that was ripped down and to be replaced by a "historic" representation of a Victorian housing a new concept restaurant will now see the Magnolia Lofts rise instead.

32 loft-like condos;

In a bit of good news for the Heights, there will be ground floor retail built in (obviously looks like some type of restaurant with the outdoor seating)

Shasta · #**736** Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 6:10 AM**

Cool beans for the area around the Edge and new Camden Apartments... they will be joined soon by the Baldwin Terraces. The Terraces will offer 12 units all with private elevators and 2 terraces.

location just outside of downtown proper

c4smok · #**737** Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 11:06 AM**

In the no news is good news department with Houston City Centre...

Kobi Karp has updated the site map layouts that were dead links for the renderings..

IE:

Complex01 · #**738** Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 2:21 PM**

So is there still hope for the project??? I sure hope so...

Those baldwin terraces look nice...

Trae · #**739** Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 4:02 PM**

I'm loving those Baldwin Terraces. Those look nice.

Nice to see the Houston City Centre website updated. That should mean something good...

Shasta · #**740** Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 7:22 PM**

So, it's definite? City Centre is planned for the old Scamrock site? That would be EXCELLENT. It would unify the Preston Street/historic area with the Main Street Square/Houston Pavilions area since that lot is a scar right now.